The US thwarted five attacks from Houthi rebels Saturday — including the terrorists’ first attempted stealth strike using an underwater vessel, officials say.
The US thwarted five attacks from Houthi rebels Saturday — including the terrorists’ first attempted stealth strike using an underwater vessel, officials say.
“CENTCOM identified [three] anti-ship cruise missiles, [an] unmanned underwater vessel, and the unmanned surface vessel in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined they presented an imminent threat to US Navy ships and merchant vessels in the region,” US Central Command said in a statement Sunday.
Responding US tactical strikes occurred between 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday, local time, Central Command added.
The enemy targets included an underwater vessel that was the first used by the Iran-backed terrorists since they began aiming for foreign military and merchant ships along the Red Sea during the Israel-Hamas war.
